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Caution!

2009-08-24T11:50:00.000-07:00

A friend commissioned me to do this for an online protest of Dunkin' Donuts and their tendency to put their plsstic cups within styrofoam cups- ridiculous looking but also ridiculous in practice because the styrofoam cups aren't recyclable. So the caution here is that people who practice this equate themselves to the intelligence of someone like Britney Spears, pictured above.

IF*Modify

2009-08-03T06:55:00.001-07:00

Only a matter of time...

IF *Idle

2009-07-29T15:32:00.000-07:00

I just couldn't resist.

I was, however, inspired by this great Zina Saunders illustration.

jack-ohhhh

2009-07-09T21:26:00.001-07:00

RIP buddy.

fahs kids

2009-07-09T21:22:00.001-07:00

this is the first draft pre-changes...

oh brad!

2009-07-09T21:20:00.000-07:00

doing some headshots for the portfoli-yoooo.

IF*Talisman

2009-04-03T08:14:00.000-07:00

The biggest Talisman ever.

Wrong OZ

2009-04-03T06:18:00.000-07:00

I have been watching the old HBO prison drama lately and I got inspired...

Fat Kids

2009-04-02T18:53:00.000-07:00

An oldie remastered.

IF*Poise

2009-03-28T10:13:00.001-07:00

I do enjoy watching Dwayne Wade perform.

Royal T

2009-03-13T08:41:00.000-07:00

I love this movie.

IF-Legendary

2009-03-13T08:13:00.000-07:00

I still can't believe he caught it. And it was awesome.

Fat1 vs Fat2

2009-03-04T14:09:00.000-08:00

I wanted to take another stab at an old favorite of mine. The original is in green on the left done with the drop shadow technique and the new one is on the right in the ivory background technique.
Let me know what you think!

IF-Breezy

2009-03-04T13:59:00.000-08:00

I kept thinking of that old CoverGirl commercial and my pop-culture mind shifted to these three sad products of fame.

IF-Celebrate

2009-02-16T07:42:00.001-08:00

Celebrating the Super Bowl Victory for the Pittsburgh Steelers!

IF - Time

2009-02-11T14:16:00.001-08:00

I thought about the magazine and all the Obama covers. First thing that came into my head.

Bye Bye Bushies

2009-01-28T19:26:00.001-08:00

Yes, Laura Bush really did kill a guy. Crazy, eh? Look it up.

MLK and Obama

2009-01-28T19:24:00.001-08:00

Hope can continue...I hope.

tidewater parent cover

2008-05-15T20:13:00.001-07:00

Just hit the stands- had a great time putting this together.

Bush Garden

2008-03-09T10:38:00.001-07:00

A post for illustration friday. A small taste of where I am trying to take my updated style.

The Oval Office

2007-12-10T21:40:00.000-08:00

What a mess.

Fast Food War Zone

2007-12-10T21:39:00.001-08:00

What are we protecting?

The Crossing 2

2007-12-10T21:38:00.000-08:00

Inspired from the Original Delaware Crossing.

return to iwo jima

2007-12-06T05:34:00.000-08:00

A new piece where I use historical imagery to make social commentary.

Mommy Cliques

2007-10-01T11:29:00.000-07:00

I was recently asked to do the feature illustration for Tidewater Parent, which focused on "Mommy Cliques". Special thanks to Sherri Holland for making it happen!

portfolio cover #2

2007-08-17T15:44:00.003-07:00

So check it. I got to illustrate the cover. Layout design by my supercool boss, Susan McGuire.

illustration friday - camouflage

2007-06-25T13:33:00.000-07:00

This week's issue of Port Folio Weekly (a Hampton Roads arts and culture magazine that I do editorial design for) has one of my illustrations on the cover. They have been great in asking me to contribute illustration work every week. Special thanks to my art director, Susan McGuire for making it happen!

illustration friday - paradise

2007-06-05T16:16:00.000-07:00

I don't know if it's a paradise, but visiting beautiful cities in the summer is something I love to do- the arts- culture- new people- it's gravy baby.

4.16.07

2007-04-25T14:46:00.000-07:00

The illustrations are based directly from the recent TIME magazine cover, but none the same, a tribute to many who died last monday.

my ugly mug

2007-04-24T12:21:00.000-07:00

a new profile image

illustration friday- polar

2007-04-24T11:11:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I want to feed rude cellphone users to a polar bear.

illustration friday- green

2007-04-07T13:23:00.000-07:00

Tiger, Tiger Woods, Ya'll...

illustration friday- snap

2007-04-03T16:24:00.000-07:00

My grandparents never went back to their dentist after he overcharged them one time in 1942...

illustration friday- i spy

2007-03-25T12:09:00.000-07:00

I spy jobs... well actually I don't but I wish I did =(.

illustration friday- total

2007-03-21T18:22:00.000-07:00

This dog is a total whiner..but a cute one. Buster Brown the Boston Terrier.
Also this is different from my regular illustration work because I have added a new feature on my portfolio website where I sell custom prints for $15. Check it out for details http://www.sethpatrick.com

illustration friday- wired

2007-03-11T19:29:00.000-07:00

This week's post is "wired" so after catching a picture of a marionette I decided to use that for inspiration. Our current president is "wired" by his intense faith.

waterside samples

2007-03-08T08:59:00.000-08:00

illustration friday- gravity

2007-02-17T14:55:00.000-08:00

goodbye walmart and sprawl...

note(I do not condone mass murder-all buildings are considered empty)

illustration friday- sprout

2007-02-07T10:23:00.000-08:00

This week's topic let me visualize the sprout of suburbia across the country, even at the disregard of building near a nuclear power facility. Three eyed fish anyone?

illustration friday- red

2007-01-26T11:29:00.000-08:00

This is a year old illustration of Johnny Cash. As I was going through my old work I saw this and thought it made perfect sense.

illustration friday- 80s

2007-01-18T16:57:00.000-08:00

When I thought of the 80s I thought of good ol Hulk Hogan. Ripping his shirt off to the delight of mullets everywhere...

illustration friday- help

2006-12-18T19:08:00.000-08:00

Another piece inspired by the fast food empire.

Illustration friday- might

2006-12-05T14:39:00.000-08:00

Experimenting with the comic panel as I currently pitch around graphic novel ideas.

Art Show!

2006-12-02T07:49:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I had 8 illustrations printed on canvas and paper and displayed in a local gallery in Norfolk, "Share That Experience". It was also the opening of another, larger show next door so I bit off their traffic. It was fantastic!

The store front...

The crowd of people...

Come to the art people...

The corner piece.

Double fisting wine?

Thanksgiving

2006-11-23T07:09:00.000-08:00

While it is a great day for families to get together and break bread, the history degree within wants to point out the fact that this holiday will forever remembered by a small minority as the beginning of the end for millions of Native Americans and I hope some people realize the horrible irony in this.

clear

2006-11-14T18:28:00.000-08:00

This is an old illustration that kept popping in my head regarding "clear" because it was such a beautiful clear day that inspired this illustration of some houses near me.

Smoke

2006-11-09T16:04:00.000-08:00

I don't post enough. Especially for my boy Joe Dunlap in Canada. But this week's topic is smoke so I integrated with some suburban aerials I am experimenting with.

wind

2006-10-28T11:36:00.001-07:00

There may be a might wind...

smitten

2006-10-16T20:07:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday topic of the week.

Trouble

2006-10-09T19:36:00.000-07:00

For the whole wide world...

Pray for Rain

2006-10-04T17:51:00.000-07:00

Just another political cartoon on our religious leader...

my-caca

2006-10-03T18:05:00.000-07:00

I am still considering entering the world of political/social cartooning and gave a stab at my own state's Senator George Allen and his recent use of the term "macaca" directed at an American of Indian descent. The word is slang for "monkey" in which George Allen decided to use as a funny way to pick on someone representing the other campaign. I wish he would remain quiet instead of picking upon others.

illustration friday- zombiephobia

2006-09-23T07:40:00.000-07:00

This week's topic is phobia. I know it may be silly but I am afraid of zombies. Zombie movies always managed to spook me. "When there's no more room in Hell, the dead shall walk the earth" Gotta love George Romero.

illustration friday- change

2006-09-19T09:22:00.000-07:00

Another bash on fast food from your friendly neighborhood illustrator.

illustration friday- farm

2006-09-12T18:23:00.000-07:00

This is a piece I completed in my graduate class this past spring at ODU. I wish I could make it into an animation of how a farm becomes a suburbarm. Yes I just made that word up right there.

Here is another recent piece along the same line of how farm is destroyed as suburb grows from highway. (This one is a painting)

illustration friday- safe

2006-09-06T08:05:00.000-07:00

Sometimes a cubicle is a man's best friend.

illustration friday- run

2006-08-28T20:08:00.000-07:00

This week I am giving a double shot of Hokie pride with the impending football season. Maybe I will see some of you at the UNC-VT game on Septermber 9. I miss the college days...

...watching Michael Vick play live was pretty amazing...

...as well as beating our arch-rival UVA.

A little self-promotion

2006-08-22T16:45:00.000-07:00

This month I was the feature artist in Portfolio Weekly, a newsprint magazine published in the Hampton Roads area. All in all the writer, Betsy Dijulio, did a great great job of translating everything we talked about into an article I am very excited about. Photo by Kathy Keeney.

Click here to read the article

illustration friday- match

2006-08-22T13:32:00.000-07:00

This one's political. Right now the frontrunners for the 2008 election are Hillary Clinton for the Democrats and John McCain for the Republicans. Though two years away I predict this match to get brutal.

Reno 911!

2006-08-11T18:25:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite shows on the television.

illustration friday- play

2006-08-11T10:35:00.000-07:00

For this week's submission of "play" I am using a commission I did for a Penn State Alumni who wanted a collage of his Nittany Lions. Final print size 20" x 30". I do enjoy football season...

self portrait

2006-08-10T09:50:00.000-07:00

who is that rough looking dude? it's me. I figure I needed to do this to add a picture to my profile.

illustration friday- capture

2006-08-07T13:31:00.000-07:00

This week's post made me think of being trapped or "captured" watching television. Some days it feels good to veg out though. But not all the time.

illustration friday- clean

2006-07-30T20:41:00.000-07:00

For this week's topic I thought about the old-fashioned way to clean. French maids!!!

illustration friday- opposites

2006-07-23T09:06:00.000-07:00

Going political made me think of these two. Wow what a contrast in personality, leadership style, brains, morales, and background. Both play such huge roles in history and yet so many mistakes highlighted. Honestly think of one nice thing to say about the one you hate. Tough huh?

illustration friday- sacrifice

2006-07-14T09:09:00.000-07:00

I just thought of firefighters when I saw this topic. I watch that show "Rescue Me" a lot, and while it is mostly a drama based on some crazy firefighters it made me think of what they do to get the job done and put their lives on the line. Now back to your regular jesus programing...

illustration friday- skyline

2006-07-07T10:43:00.000-07:00

This is an old illustration I did of my favorite city in America- Pittsburgh, PA- home of Andy Warhol and a great, great sports town. I was just there two weeks ago to see some family and took a lot of pictures I hope to post illustratinos of soon.

Warhol Interior Panoramic

2006-07-06T15:03:00.000-07:00

I am on a roll with these now. If you know me, then you know I love to go by the Warhol whenever I am in Pittsburgh. The man produced a lot of awesome work, and the museum is 7 floors of fun. Here is one exhibit room for the recent exhibit, "The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene, 1974-1984". The punching bags have a depiction of Jesus and the word "judge" all over it. I don't know why so look it up.

illustration friday- sticky

2006-07-06T14:00:00.000-07:00

A late late post. If you ever saw O'Reilly on The Daily Show this is my interpretaion of what happened to him. He ran his mouth in typical O'Reilly fashion, only Stewart is way quicker than him and made him look like an idiot. He would have been better off slimed a la "You Can't Do That On Television"- rendering him sticky. I know that was a stretch.

home

2006-07-05T21:15:00.000-07:00

So not to reveal too much about myself, but here is a panoramic of the house I grew up in, with my immediate family making an appearnce within the illustration. I grew up in a nice shady neighborhood and while I cursed the trees after 10 hours of illustrating, I am happy I grew up there. Also, if you know my father, don't tell him about this because I am printing and framing it for his birthday present 10 days from now. Thanks. And if you want me to illustrate your family home in this manner shoot me an email.

illustration friday- RAIN

2006-06-26T19:00:00.000-07:00

I went political cartoon for this one.

illustration friday- dance

2006-06-21T12:06:00.000-07:00

I wish I was a better dancer. The ladies always like a dancing man...

Ghent Porches

2006-06-14T08:40:00.000-07:00

More work from my environmnet.

Jungle- illustration friday

2006-06-12T19:10:00.000-07:00

A few days late on getting this one done- I thought of doing something with the "Jungle Book" but instead did a collection of animals in a collage style. I really enjoy doing animal illustratoins- but not all the spots and stripes!

Asterisk

2006-06-06T16:06:00.000-07:00

Barry Bonds is a cheater.

Greedy Pat

2006-06-05T19:18:00.000-07:00

I have always disliked Pat Robertson and the 700 club for their bad misuse of religion and personal agenda to gain money and power by swindling people. I grew up in Virginia Beach where Robertson spews his rhetoric on a daily basis and I will dance a jig the day he passes on. Too bad his sniveling son will take over for him.

Naylor Dock

2006-06-05T18:20:00.000-07:00

My friend Jim gave me a photo to paint over a year ago and just recently with my full on switch to illustration I completed it. I hope to send it to him soon to see if he wants it printed or even printed on cavnas.

illustration friday- portrait

2006-06-02T15:07:00.000-07:00

This is a recently completed job for a friend. She was emphatic that I detail her funky pants and now I am glad I did because I think they came out better than I expected!

the hauge

2006-05-30T16:07:00.000-07:00

This is a group of expensive houses near my quaint little apartment in Ghent.

Ill Fri - Cake

2006-05-27T07:41:00.000-07:00

This week's post is in direct homage to Wayne Thiebad's 1963 painting, "Cakes".

ghent houses

2006-05-24T18:18:00.000-07:00

Some houses near my apartment.

Illustration Friday- Sorry

2006-05-21T11:06:00.000-07:00

This week's submission. I find myself drawn to bashing fast food and the corporate master.

illustration Friday-Angels & Devils

2006-05-17T14:27:00.000-07:00

My weekly submission to Illustration Friday. This week's topic "angels & devils" inspired me to make light of the celebrity/fan obsession with Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes. Reruns of Dawson's Creek will never be the same...

Times Square

2006-05-17T10:09:00.000-07:00

Just finished this illustration of Times Square in NYC. I have only been there once but I hope to get back there soon.

Granby St

2006-05-15T21:45:00.001-07:00

Here begins a big series of Norfolk illustrations. Spent a few hours today taking photos- hopefully I can get into some buildings for aerials soon.

Street Band

2006-05-14T21:59:00.000-07:00

Late night illustration of a street band my friend NN took in Eastern Europe.

Abbey Road

2006-05-13T14:52:00.000-07:00

Illustration dedicated to the famous album cover.

That 70's Show

2006-05-12T12:32:00.000-07:00

Trying to ever increase my work portfolio- here is one dedicated to the end of a great television series, "That 70's Show". While I stopped watching years ago I know it had a good run.

Guggenheim Museum NYC

2006-05-08T16:34:00.000-07:00

One of my most favorite places designed by my favorite architect; The Guggenheim Museum in NYC designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Polo Match

2006-05-07T09:45:00.000-07:00

I have been working around the clock lately. Here's the latest.

VB Fishing Pier

2006-05-06T15:37:00.000-07:00

Local Pier a mile from where I grew up in Virginia Beach, VA. Inspired from a photo taken by the Shellnut's.

nyc girls

2006-05-05T20:52:00.000-07:00

My wonderful friend Missy commissioned me to illustrate a pic of her and her lovely friends after their trip to NYC. That's hot, Paris.

FAT

2006-05-05T17:50:00.000-07:00

This illustration is for the illustration friday weekly contest. (illustrationfriday.com) The challenge is to come up with an illustration based on the word for the week. This week's word was "fat".

Scott Stadium

2006-05-03T19:38:00.000-07:00

I am thining about developing a series of illustrations depicting empty stadiums. Many props to Missy J and her mom for providing the great original.

Stockley Gardens

2006-05-03T10:28:00.000-07:00

These houses are located a couple blocks from where I live in Ghent, Norfolk.

The Rotunda

2006-05-03T10:25:00.000-07:00

This is the Rotunda at UVA in Charlottesville, VA.

World of Pain

2006-04-22T07:15:00.000-07:00

For those of you who know me, this is a scene from my favorite movie ever-"The Big Lebowski". I am always open to a night of white russians and a showing of this great film. This is the classic scene where Walter threatens Smokey to "mark it zero" or else he will "enter a world of pain". Yes he is actually pulling a gun over a bowling match because as Walter says, "it's a league game".

The Man in Black

2006-04-21T11:00:00.000-07:00

Ever since "Walk the Line" came out last year I have been a big Johnny Cash fan. I usually listen to him every day when I am illustrating/creating art. So this is a first of many celebrity/musician illustrations.

Riding Lawnmower

2006-04-18T18:36:00.000-07:00

Why does a riding lawnmower have headlights. What did he runover that is bleading? Is this symbolic?

These are just of the few questions I have been asked/have asked myself... I don't know you tell me. I just found a picture of a guy on a riding lawnmower and went with it.

Burruss Hall

2006-04-14T06:28:00.000-07:00

Hokie Hokie Hokie Hi! I am trying to develop a series of college illustrations so why not start with my alumni, Virginia Tech.